Conservative Culture

Finally some good news. A real conservative voice on the budget committee. About time and we certainly could use more such voices.

 WASHINGTON — 1:48 p.m., Feb. 15 —U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan has been appointed to the House Budget Committee, his office announced today.

Jordan, R-Urbana, is in his second year in Congress. He joins the committee as it will take up the 2009 federal budget.

Budget Committee ranking Republican Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, welcomed Jordan to the committee, saying Jordan has worked hard to ensure Ohioans’ and Americans’ tax dollars are being spent wisely.

Read more about this story in Saturday’s The Lima News.

They couldn’t keep their jobs and run. Sheriff Beck had them resign and they will now be running for Allen County Sheriff as current Sheriff will move into the city it appears. Rumor has it that he may try to unseat current Mayor Berger (more power to him) of Lima

LIMA — Wanting to preserve the integrity of the Sheriff’s Office, Sheriff Dan Beck has asked for the resignation of two of his top officers who will seek his job in the November election.

Maj. Sam Crish and Capt. Steve Hoverman will resign this month at the request of their boss who wants them to dedicate their time to the November election. Beck said it’s nearly impossible to work as a sheriff’s deputy while running a campaign.

“The person who wants to be sheriff needs to make a commitment to the job,” he said.

Beck resigned his position in early 1992 with the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office and Miami County Prosecutor’s Office to run for sheriff in Allen County. The only work he did during that time was part time with his brother’s print shop, he said.

Both Crish and Hoverman said they are prepared to give up their jobs to seek to be the county’s top cop.

The 44-year-old Crish said he already had plans to resign, even before Beck asked him, in order to fully run a campaign. Crish said he understands the risk of leaving behind a job he’s held since 1991, but it’s one that he is willing to take.

Local teen from Lima area (Elida) has made it big by making it onto American Idol. He has made it into the top 24. Congratulations.

 ELIDA — Garrett Haley has always enjoyed singing. Pursuing a career in music has been a dream. It’s now a dream the 17-year-old from Elida is living.

Haley, a junior at Elida High School, is among the top 24 singers in the “American Idol” competition. He is one of 12 males and 12 females who made it through “Hollywood week” of the Fox reality show. Next up for the contestants: packed theater performances and live results show featuring America’s vote.

“I’m just enjoying every moment,” Haley said. “It’s been an opportunity of a lifetime. I’m just soaking it all in.”

A member of jazz choir and chamber choir at Elida High School, this was the first year Haley was eligible to audition for the show. He wasted no time, auditioning in San Diego, the first city to hold auditions for the seventh season of “American Idol.”

“I walked in and my nerves went away,” Haley said of his first audition before the show’s judges. “Before I went in, I was very nervous. Once I started to sing the nerves turned into adrenaline.”

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Civil Rights Leader Jesse Jackson (seen shaking new elected Lima City Council President John Nixon) calls for the conviction of the officer and sentencing him to death. It isn’t said in those terms but read the headlines and the quotes and you walk away thinking this isn’t much different than the modern day lynching. It’s the very thing Jesse says he as been speaking all about. Justice and equal treatment under that law. Murder charges are very specific and carry with it the possible death penalty. Something I am sure some of the town would love to see happen. Read the headlines and quotes from recent headlines.

 One marcher: Marchers demand justice for police killing of mother

“We’re going to be here as often as we can to make a statement. We want them to know you ain’t got long. We want the truth to come out. She was killed, she was murdered. Police was involved

And another article calling for this open and shut case to be quickly resolved with good ol justice.

One protester lobbing profanity at the Ohio AG etc.: Angry Lima residents slam police shooting inquiry; Dann, FBI try to soothe vocal critics

“I want justice. I want answers. I got that right,” Ms. Jennings told him. “This ain’t no unsolved murder. We know who did it.”

Jackson isn’t interested in the findings, probably because he doesn’t need any further information other than someone died and some needs to pay.

Jesse Jackson: Jackson wants officer in Lima to be charged

“There must be deterrents not just for the man who pulled the trigger but for those who planned the raid on her house,”

Jackson has said he hopes to quell anger in the city. He has put the city on notice and it appears that quelling the anger will require the city to sacrifice an officer (whether proven guilty or not). Such rhetoric gets Jackson contributions and lots of attention. There is no disagreement about needing equal justice. I just wonder on what level is he pushing equal justice.

Jesse Jackson: Jackson in Ohio town, hoping to quell anger over shooting

1 of the ministers says Jackson told them they need to turn the shootings into a positive by building bridges.

In the meantime Derry Glen (Democrat) is a prison guard and has failed to report his known contact with a felon. This is illegal and he will now have to hustle to fill out the paper work for his failure.  Not only is the drug bust in a home he owns but it appears the felon in the house that was renting is related to him. Oh… this just gets dirtier and dirtier. Question: If Derry Glen knew that this felon (or suspected) that he was doing drugs/selling and didn’t do anything except cover it up, is there any responsibility or justice in that???? For those that don’t know, Derry Glenn is on the City Council and was crying that no one notified him ahead on the raid. Now we know why.